Improvement in suspenders



THOMAS O. POTTER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 97,116, dated Novembe 23, 1869.

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The Schedule referred to in these Lettexs Patent and making part of theca -:1a.

Be it known that l, 'Inonas O. POTTER, of Boston, in the countyof'Sutiblk, and State of Massachuiii-ace and Suspender Combined; vand Ihereby declare' that the folloii'in};r is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof', reference bein;r had to the accompanying drawings,making a part ot'this specification.

A suspender and shoulder-brace comliined,'consist inj.: ot' loopspassiugover each shoulder, and connected together behind by an adjustablestrap, each loop heilig connected to the pantaloonsat one pointon thelsides, is we ll known ;V and My invention consists in an improvementupon this shonlder-ln'.we and suspender, by the addition of two strapsin front', one on each side, and twofstraps behind. v

When the.first-mentioned shoulder-brace and suspender combined is usedwith pantaloons which are loose -aronnd the waist, the waistband of thepautaloom, being held only at two point-s, will sag in front and behind,thereby becoming uncomfortablev as well as unsightly; and the object ofmy invention is to remcdv this difficulty.

In the'drawings- A A' are the loops; B is the adjustable strap lwhichconnects them together so as to brace the shoulders; and C O' and D Dare the straps which connect the loops with the. pantaloons.

I prefer to connect these straps directly with the loops, and to makethe straps C and D ot' light web, as they are not; intended tosupporttlie weight, of the pantaloons, but simply to prevent thewaistband from sagging. v

l do not claim a suspender and shouider-brace com: bined, consisting ot'two loops connected together beiliind by an adjustable strap, as I amaware that is ,already patented by B. J. Greely; but

W'hatl do claim as my invention, and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent,is-

As a new article of manufacture, the suspender and shoulder-bracecombined, above described, consisting oi'two loops, each provided` withstraps, as described, and connected together behind by an adj nstablestra-p,

all substantially as described.

THOMAS O. POTTER. l

\Vitnesses:

CHAs. F. SLEEPER, FRED. F. HAMILTON.

